Quotes About Knowledge

They were allowed to stay there on one condition, and that is that they didn't eat of the tree of knowledge. That has been the condition of the Christian church from then until now. They haven't eaten as yet, as a rule they do not.

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up with it.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure — that is all that agnosticism means.

Do you, good people, believe that Adam and Eve were created in the Garden of Eden and that they were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge? I do. The church has always been afraid of that tree. It still is afraid of knowledge. Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey. I believe in the brain of man.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out, and after an era of darkness new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out, and after an era new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the heart of men centuries dead.

Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life.

Se não tivesse sido eu, eu não saberia, e tendo sido eu, eu soube.

Com surpresa descobriu que o conhecia profundamente. Apenas superficialmente é que o desconhecia.

And - and don't forget that the structure of the atom cannot be seen but it nonetheless known. I know about lots of things I've never seen. And so do you. You can't show proof of the truest thing of all, all you can do is believe. Weep and believe.

Facts are words spoken by the world.

Anyone who lives knows even without knowing that he or she knows. So dear reader,you know more than imagine however much you may deny it.

Above all, she went on thinking, she understands life because she is not sufficiently intelligent not to understand it.

I use myself as a form of knowledge. I know you through and through, by means of an incantation that comes from me to you. To stretch out savagely while an inflexible geometry vibrates behind everything.

E - não esquecer que a estrutura do átomo não é vista mas sabe-se dela. Sei de muita coisa que não vi. E vós também. Não se pode dar uma prova da existência do que é mais verdadeiro, o jeito é acreditar. Acreditar chorando.

Mi error, sin embargo, debía ser el camino de una verdad: pues sólo cuando me equivoco salgo de lo que conozco y de lo que entiendo. Si la "verdad" fuese aquello que puedo entender, terminaría siendo sólo una verdad pequeña, de mi tamaño